Etymology

telomer

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Today it means: an extremely small polymer - one whose degree of polymerization is between 2 and 5 Full definition →

Ancient Greek τέλος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμέρος
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromτέλος
  3. English todaytelomer

From Ancient Greek τέλος (télos) + Ancient Greek μέρος (méros).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτέλος all →

telostelencephalontelophaseteleophobiatelestialtelestichtelishtelishmenttelo-telocoeltelokintelotroch

Ancient Greekμέρος all →

centromeremerosaptameranthimeriaholenmerismhomoeomerous-mer-meremereologymeristicsmero-meromicticmeronymmeronymytrimerous

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